°Australian Open 2012 Day 2 (quarterfinals 25.1.12)°

Soo 2. Tag in der Rod Lavor Arena. Weder sehr velversprächend. Als erst gsänd mer s Nr. 3 vode Wält d  Victoria Azarenka gäge d  Agnieszka Radwanska s Nr 8. Do getz aber leider kei Föteli, hemmer wohl ergendwie vergässe :-). Usgange esches of jedefall 6:7 6:0 6:2, vorallem de ersti Satz esch zemli interessant gse, denoch eschs den en klari Aglägeheit gse. / 2nd Day at Rod Laver Arena. Again a nice day with some interessting machtes. First the nr. 3 in the world ranking Victoria Azarenka against Agnieszka Radwanska (Nr. 8). Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures. It was a nice match (6:7 6:0 6:2), especially the first set, the second and third were pretty clear, as the result shows.

Nochär hed den s Nr. 2 vode Wält Petra Kvitova gäge d  Sara Errani, en Italiänischi Qualifikantin gspelt. Usgange esches den 6:4 6:4, d Kvitova hed aber ned ganz so souverän usgseh gäge en Qualifikantin / Afterwards the Nr. 2 Petra Kvitova against the italian qualifier Sara Errani. 6:4 6:4 was the result, but Kvitova wasn't that much better than Errani.

Petra Kvitova

Sara Errani

Maria Sharapova (WTA Nr 4)

Ond Es wiiters Highlight, d Maria Sharapova chond ufe Platz. Sie spelt gäge d Ekaterina Makarova, en rossischi Qualifikantin / And another highlight. Maria Sharapova enters to the court, she played against Ekaterina Makarova, a russian qualifier

Ond au sie gwönnt souverän 6:2 6:3/And Sharapova wins clearly 6:2 6:3

Ond s spel vom Tag. Andy Murray (Nr. 4) gäge Kei Nishikori, s nr. 24, wo ide letzte Rondi de Jo-Wilfried Tsonga usegrüert hed. / The game of the day, Andy Murray (Nr. 4) against Kei Nishikori, nr 24 who won against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga last round

 I dem spel heds es paar super schöni Ballwächsel ond ned nor de Murray werd vom Publikom agführed, mehreri mol werd de Underdog agführed ond drufabe chond är rechtig us sech use ond zeigt es paar wonderschöni Bäll. Schlossändlech setzt sech aber de Murray es betzli zu klar met 6:3 6:3 6:1 döre/ There are some beautiful ralleys and not only cheers the audience for Murray but also for the underdog and so Nishikori does some beautiful shots. In the end, Murray wins a littlebit to clear with 6:3 6:3 6:1

 Ond do no d Rod Laver Arena vo Osse ond vo Enne. / Rod Laver Arena from outside and inside

°Australian Open 2012 Day 1 (quarterfinals 24.1.12)°

Do jo d Australian Open doch grad so schön zo dere Ziit send womer in Melbourne send, hemmer dänkt, chaufemer eus doch no Tickets för d Viertelfinäls/Because the Australian Open are at the same time as we are in Melbourne, we thought we have to buy some tickets, so we did and we bought the tickets for the quarterfinals.

Eingang/Entrance Australian Opens

Do d Isa de Fedi jo scho im Zöri-Zoo gseh hed, hed si ne notürli omso meh mösse onterstötze. Hopp Schwiiz/ Because Isa has already seen Federer in the Zurich-Zoo, she had to support him even more than usual.

Do nor es paar vode grosse Näme wo das Johr metspeled/  Just some of the big names , who play at this years tournament

 Ond den eschs los gange ide Rod Laver Arena, grad meteme Top Match, Caroline Wozniacki, s wält nr. 1 gäge s ehemalige Nr.1 ond d'Tetelverteidigeri Kim Cleijsters/ And then we were finally there, Rod Laver Arena with a top match: Caroline Wozniacki, the world nr. 1 against the former nr.1 and last years tournament winner Kim Cleijsters.

De Bleck vo eusem Platz/View from our seats

Caroline Wozniacki

Kim Cleijsters

Ond den de grossi Momänt. Zerst lauftt de Juan-Martin Del Potro (Weltnr. 11, esch mol s Nr. 4i gse) ofe Platz, s Publikom applaudiert. /Then the big moment, First Juan-Martin Del Potro (world Nr. 11, was once nr. 4) walks on the court and the audience applauded.

Chorz drofabe werd im Roger Federer sin Name ufgrüeft ond d Rod Laver Arena hed donneret vor Applaus ond Rüef, mer beidi hend Hüennerhut gha... /Then Roger Federer's name is called and the whole Rod Laver Arena was thundering, full of clapps and cheerings, both of us had goosbumps.

Warm-up

 Notürli hemmer den norno Auge för de Fedi gha...

Juan-Martin Del Potro

Ja ond leider hed den eusi Kamera wedermol kei Akku eh gha... Naja s wechtige esch jo das mers i eusne Chöpf gspeicheret hend. /Unfortunately our camera run out of battery again after this pictures

De Federer hed halt leider, so muess mers fast säge, sehr sehr souverän gwonne. Mer hätted halt au lieber es paar Trecksli ond so gse aber im gross ond ganze eschs en guete aber relativ eisitige Match gse.../ After all it was a great performance from Federer, we would have rather seen some more trick-shots and so on but we were glad, that we have seen him

°Kangaroo Island 4.1.12-11.1.12 Part 2°

No es paar meh Idröck vo Kangaroo Island/Some more impressions from Kangaroo Island

Cape du Couedic

E Huufe vo Seerobe wo sech am Sönnele send, z erst gsed mer si gar ned, aber wemmer hcli gnauer äneluegt wärdeds emmer meh../A bunch of seals lying in the sun. 

Admirals arch

Bleck of d "Remarkable Rocks" womer den onde no vo nöchem gföteled hend /View to the "Remarkable Rocks" which we visited closer when you scroll down...

Stei chönd bequem sii /Stones can be comfortable

Do hemmer wedermol en Walk gmacht zode Snake Lagoon. En abglägnige Strand womer nor öber ei Wäg chan erreiche. Die 45 Minütigi "Wanderig" hed sech of jede Fall glohnt./ An other time we did a walk, at the end was the Snake lagoon, a beach you can only reach with this path. The 45 minutes walk was defenitely worth it.

Ond no es paar anderi Stränd womer no gstopped hend./and some other beaches we stopped over